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A secretly negotiated union deal to cut university staff pay by up to 15% has led to an insurgency against the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) national executive that has been described as a battle “for the heart of this union”.

The Community and Public Sector Union, which represents non-academic staff at universities in NSW, has slammed the NTEU executive for its “knee jerk response”, saying there was a range of smarter cost saving measures universities could take before an indiscriminate slash to wages.

CPSU wants universities to cease capital works, terminate contingent labour and have a thorough review of executive salaries before beginning pay cuts. The union wants universities to open their books and “demonstrate they’ve exhausted all their borrowings”.

READ MORE: https://voiceofaction.org/battle-for-the-heart-of-the-union-nteu-at-war-over-university-pay-cuts/